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10.1 Language, thought and communication

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Question 27

A student has swapped the meanings of two of Aitchison's (1983) criteria.

CriterionCorrect meaningStudent's meaning
displacement and structure dependence[complete]Displacement means following grammatical rules; structure dependence means referring to things that are not present.

Explain the student's error by giving the correct meaning of each criterion.

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10.1 Language, thought and communication Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /10.1 Language, thought and communication

48 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 10.1 Language, thought and communication, covering 10.1.1 Relationship between language and thought, 10.1.2 How thought and language affect views of the world, 10.1.3 Human vs animal communication, 10.1.4 Non-verbal communication examples, and 10.1.5 Explanations of non-verbal communication. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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